Thursday, July 12, 2012

Quote of the Day

“Because we’re many, many years into the [HIPAA] statute now, and … given [the Office for Civil Rights’] commitment to technical assistance…the tolerability of noncompliance is much, much lower now. And that’s the main message that I want to deliver about where our enforcement program is going. Against this backdrop, it’s no longer really acceptable to be noncompliant.”

— HHS Office for Civil Rights director Leon Rodriguez told the audience at a recent Washington conference, “Safeguarding Health Information: Building Assurance through HIPAA Security,” cosponsored by OCR and NIST.

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